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Summary: Repeal
Election Date: November 3, 1874
Votes For Ratification: 88596
Votes Against Ratification: 60066
Percent for Ratification: 60%
Percent Against Ratification: 40%
Notes: 1874 Chap 188 affected Article VII, Sections 1-4
Amendment Source: 1874 Chap 188
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Each township shall be divided into one or more road districts. In each road district there shall be elected annually one Overseer of Roads, under whose direction the roads shall be kept in repair, at the public expense, in a mode prescribed by law.
Summary: New section
Election Date: July 6, 1869
Votes For Ratification: 210585
Votes Against Ratification: 9136
Percent for Ratification: 96%
Percent Against Ratification: 4%
Notes:
Amendment Source: 1870 Virginia Constitution
